Leukemia May Shrivel If Fat Cells in Marrow Are Plumped

Bolstered by an adipogenesis-promoting drug, fat cells in the bone marrow effectively “crowded out” leukemia, yet they made room for healthy blood cells. Such effects are not simply due to physical crowding in the bone marrow niche. They are more about cells cramping each other’s styles while they try to attain their fully differentiated forms.Altering the bone marrow environment so that it favors the formation of healthy blood cells and disfavors the formation of leukemic cell